Road renaming Bill Passes State Senate and Assembly
Earlier today, a roadside memorial honoring Navy Ensign John R. Elliott, recently upgraded by volunteer craftsmen from the Bricklayers and Iron Workers trade councils, was dedicated at a ceremony in Upper Pittsgrove Township, N.J. The dedication marked the 17th anniversary of the tragic death of Ensign Elliott (a 2000 graduate of the United States Naval Academy) at the site, in a collision with a drunken driver. The HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers, established by the Elliott family in their son’s memory, has grown into a regional movement to prevent drunk driving in seven states.
Bill and Muriel Elliott and their daughter Jennifer joined by state and local dignitaries at the ceremony. Joining the Elliotts was Richard Tolson, President of The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers/Administrative District Council of New Jersey, and Richard Sweeney, President of Iron Workers Local 399 and himself a victim of a DUI crash.
New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney, also a Vice President of the International Ironworkers, attended and discussed his bill renaming a section of Route 40 in honor of Ensign Elliott.
